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CITY OF SAN DIEGO v. U.S. GYPSUM CO.

Docket No. B064835.

30 Cal.App.4th 575 (1994)

35 Cal. Rptr.2d 876

CITY OF SAN DIEGO, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. UNITED STATES GYPSUM COMPANY et al., Defendants and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division Six.

November 29, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

John Witt, City Attorney, Deborah Berger, Deputy City Attorney, Casey, Gerry, Casey, Westbrook, Reed & Schenk, T. Michael Reed and Thomas D. Penfield for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Thelen, Marrin, Johnson & Bridges, W. Glenn Cornell, Humphrey, Farington & McClain, Kenneth B. McClain, Freilich, Kaufman, Fox & Sohagi and Benjamin Kaufman as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiff and Appellant. Neil, Dymott, Perkins, Brown & Frank, Roger G. Perkins, James A. McFall, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, James D. Pagliaro, Karen Pieslak Pohlmann, Breidenback, Swainston, Crispo & Way, Thomas C. Corless, Randi S. Lewis, Kendall Caudry, Walsworth, Franklin & Bevins, Michael T. McCall, Nicholas A. Cipiti, James A. Anton, Seltzer, Caplan, Wilkins & McMahon, Gerald L. McMahon and James B. Franklin for Defendants and Respondents.

Christopher M. Micheli as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Defendants and Respondents.

OPINION

GILBERT, J.

A city sues various defendants for damages stemming from installation of asbestos in its buildings. The statute of limitations for injury to city's real property is three years. (Code Civ. Proc., § 338, subd. (b).) The statute of limitations begins to run when city suffers an appreciable and actual harm.

Here we hold, among other things, appreciable harm is not limited to the existence of an actual...

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